Yellow Medicine Projected Versus Actual Release
A projected date is a forecast based on the sentence and the credits, adjustments, and legal rules then in effect. Minnesota DOC calls its public field Anticipated Release Date. That field is not an out-of-custody timestamp. After the date passes, Current Status may show that the person moved from a prison to community supervision. The separate Expiration Date marks the planned end of DOC jurisdiction and is often later.
A Yellow Medicine County jail record uses a different framework. The county has no verified public online projected-release field. A person awaiting trial may leave after bond is processed or a judge issues an order, neither of which supplies a fixed date far in advance. A person serving a local jail sentence may have a calculation based on the commitment, jail credit, and applicable rules. Jail staff and the court record must resolve that calculation.
Transfers also matter. Leaving Yellow Medicine County Jail for Minnesota DOC, another county, federal custody, or ICE is not a return to the community. The county movement record should name the receiving authority when that public field exists.
Find a Yellow Medicine Release Date
Start with the system that controls the sentence. The Minnesota DOC public viewer is the main route for a state prisoner who remains under DOC jurisdiction. Search by first and last name or the complete six-digit MNDOC ID. Name searching is prefix-based and includes DOC name history, so compare birth date, AKA entries, offense, and court file before relying on a result. A newly committed person may take several business days to appear.
- Identify the custodian. Use Yellow Medicine County Jail for a local booking or sentence, Minnesota DOC for a prison commitment, and the correct federal system for a federal case.
- Match the record. Compare the full name, birth date, MNDOC ID, court file, and sentence information.
- Record the official fields separately. Note Current Status, Sentence Date, Anticipated Release Date, and Expiration Date without merging their meanings.
- Read the sentence documents in Minnesota Court Records Online. Look for commitment, jail credit, amended sentence, consecutive terms, conditional release, and revocation entries.
- Contact the listed caseworker, prison, jail, or records unit when a calculation is unclear. Ask for the legal basis and most recent computed date.
- After the expected day, obtain the actual release or movement record. Current Status and a custody timestamp confirm what happened.
A no-result in DOC does not settle a county case. DOC's stated scope covers adults committed to the commissioner who are still within jurisdiction, including released people under supervision. A county-only sentence may never appear. A finally discharged person may fall outside that scope.
For a local sentence, ask the Yellow Medicine County Jail for the commitment date, credited custody, scheduled completion, actual out date and time, and any movement code with its definition. Then compare those fields with the filed court order. A court entry may authorize release before staff complete the physical exit, and a detainer may send the person to another custodian instead of the community. When an online source supplies no date, the absence should be reported as unknown rather than converted into an estimate.
A past state case may also need a written DOC request. Identify the name, former names, birth date, MNDOC ID, court file, and approximate period. Ask for the actual prison-release event, type or status, supervision start and end, and final discharge. Those fields resolve the timeline after the public viewer no longer returns a finally discharged person.
Note: Prefix name searches may return several similar people, so an MNDOC ID or court file is the safer match.
Yellow Medicine DOC Release-Date Fields
The DOC detail record makes several useful distinctions. The search results provide Name, Birth Date, AKA, MNDOC Offender ID, and Current Status. Opening the detail adds the sentence and release-date fields along with the highest ranked offense, court file number, caseworker, telephone, and court or BCA links. These fields provide a path to the source records, not a substitute for them.
| DOC field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Current Status | Shows whether DOC reports prison custody, community supervision, or another current classification. |
| Sentence Date | Marks the sentence event, not the day physical custody ends. |
| Anticipated Release Date | The official expected transition date based on the current calculation. |
| Expiration Date | The expected end of DOC jurisdiction, which can follow release from prison. |
| Caseworker and phone | A contact route for a hard calculation or status question. |
The official privacy-safe released DOC detail example shows how Anticipated Release Date and Expiration Date remain separate.
The example demonstrates the key point: leaving the institution can begin community supervision while the sentence continues toward expiration.
Minnesota Sentencing for Yellow Medicine Releases
Minnesota is not an “85 percent” state in the common federal sense. For covered felony offenses on or after August 1, 1993, Minnesota Statutes § 244.05, subdivision 1b ordinarily places one-third of an executed sentence in supervised release. This creates the familiar two-thirds confined and one-third community structure, subject to statutory adjustments. The transition does not end the sentence. It changes the setting from prison to supervision.
That basic division is not a safe hand-calculation for every Yellow Medicine County case. Disciplinary confinement can delay release. Jail credit may affect time to serve. Consecutive terms, conditional-release additions, offense-specific provisions, sentence amendments, and special-release laws may change the result. Older offenses and life sentences can operate under different rules. The public Anticipated Release Date is the safest summary until the sentence record is reviewed.
Never subtract a broad percentage from the pronounced term and label the answer a confirmed day. Use the official DOC date, read the court file, and ask the caseworker or DOC Records Management about a difficult computation.
Yellow Medicine Earned Release Credit
The Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act created earned incentive release credit for eligible people who complete objectives in an individual rehabilitation plan. Minnesota Statutes §§ 244.41 through 244.45 govern the framework. Current § 244.44 caps the reduction at 17 percent of the total executed sentence and does not permit prison time to fall below one-half of that sentence. The credit does not lengthen the supervised-release term.
Eligibility and earned credit are not automatic. Institutional misconduct can lead to revocation of credits. People serving life sentences, certain old indeterminate sentences, and people governed by older good-time law are excluded under § 244.45. The controlling sentence and offense date must be checked before applying the rules. A changed anticipated date can reflect a valid award or loss of credit rather than a data mistake.
- Executed sentence
- A sentence ordered to be served, rather than fully stayed by the court.
- Jail credit
- Qualifying time already spent in custody and applied in the sentence calculation.
- Earned incentive release credit
- A statutory reduction available to eligible participants who meet plan objectives.
- Supervised release
- The community portion of a prison sentence before expiration.
Note: Credit rules affect the computation, but the current DOC field and sentence documents control the case-specific answer.
Yellow Medicine Weekend Release Dates
Minnesota has an unusual weekend and holiday rule whose direction depends on the offense date. Under § 244.05, subdivision 1a, a scheduled Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or holiday release for an offense committed before August 1, 1992 moves to the preceding qualifying day. For an offense on or after that date, the scheduled release moves to the following qualifying day. The offense date therefore determines whether the adjustment goes backward or forward.
This rule should be applied only after confirming that the statute governs the sentence. It does not create a general promise about the hour someone will leave a Yellow Medicine County facility. Processing, holds, transfer arrangements, and the custodian's records still matter. If family or counsel needs the actual event, they should confirm it with the agency after the adjusted date.
The current Minnesota release statute is the source for both the ordinary supervised-release structure and the weekend or holiday adjustment. Check the controlling version for an older offense.
Why Yellow Medicine Release Dates Change
An anticipated date is recalculated when the facts or legal rules behind it change. Some changes move the date later. Others can move it earlier. A difference between an old screenshot and the current DOC record is a reason to review the sentence history, not proof that either date was fabricated.
| Factor | Possible effect | Record to check |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Confinement or lost credit may delay release. | DOC discipline and recalculation record |
| Earned credit | Eligible credited progress may reduce prison time within statutory limits. | DOC plan and sentence calculation |
| Jail credit | Qualifying prior custody can affect remaining time. | Sentencing order and court register |
| Amended sentence | A later court order can alter the controlling term. | Filed order and register of actions |
| Consecutive or special term | Another term or conditional-release period can extend the timeline. | Judgment, commitment, and DOC calculation |
| Detainer or transfer | The person may leave one custodian but enter another agency's custody. | Movement record and receiving-agency status |
A court order states what the judge directed. The jail or DOC movement record states when the custodian acted. Preserve both when the times differ.
Confirm Yellow Medicine Actual Release
After the anticipated day, reread Current Status and obtain the custody event. For a county release, call the Yellow Medicine County Jail at 320-564-2130 or send a public-data request for the out date, time, movement reason, legal authority, and receiving agency if transferred. The jail is at 960 Fourth Street in Granite Falls, while the Sheriff's administrative office is at 415 Ninth Avenue, Suite 103. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For a state-prison case, DOC Records Management can provide the actual physical-custody release, status or type, supervision dates, and final discharge when public. Contact the records office at 651-361-7330 or CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us. The agency's official offender-record request page explains how to identify the record.
County VINE can provide a jail custody event, while Minnesota HAVEN covers state-prison notification. Neither should be substituted for the source record when the exact time or release authority is important. The VINE Inmate Check explains the county notification route.
Note: An alert can provide timely notice, but the custodian's record remains the best evidence of the actual release or transfer.